Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Alright, I am officially in over my head. Since receiving a package full (nearly bursting from the seams, in fact) of samples from Mr. Ankit Lochan today, and being fully aware that I will soon be receiving the Dragon Tea House samples (I don't know why it's taking so long... customs, maybe?), I have come to the realization that I will soon be completely addicted to and/or overdosed on caffeine.

I love it!

The enormity of the amount of tea I got from Lochan Teas is almost unbelievable. Even better, it's all small samples of pretty much everything grown under the Indian sun. Here is the full list:

I will do my best to get through all of these and post about them, but I can't promise anything about how long that will take. Luckily school hasn't gotten too hectic yet, so I'll have some free time— for now. Wish me luck! :)

11 comments:

Holy smokes! You may have to hire staff to help with the tasting! Of the 15 samples you received, NONE duplicate the 3 teas I have purchased from Lochan, all 3 of which have been absolutely great. Just for the record, my three holdings are

I warmly recommend all three, but I am very, very curious to know more about these 15 others.

I calculate that if you do head-to-head trials of 3 teas simultaneously, in 5 hours you can have them all tested. With all that caffeine in you, it'll take practically no time at all to write up the whole kit and kaboodle!

BTW, just out of curiosity, are the samples large enough that you will be able to try them several times to adjust your brewing technique and get to know them before you form an opinion, or will it have to be the "one-shot wonder" tastings?

I received approx. 1 oz of each sample, so I should have enough for at least a couple of attempts and/or samples for one or more people of my choosing. :)

As for brewing technique, I'm going to try and standardize the parameters when possible (especially among all the Darjeeling blacks) for the first round, and if I'm not satisfied I'll play around a bit.

Hmm... I'm also getting a feeling I might be coming down with a cold. It seems my immune system always knows when I have a tasting to do. :(

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